Hyde5: Here’s how Rosen’s draft class of second-year QBs looks

Dolphins new quarterback Josh Rosen says on paper he is a backup quarterback.

Josh Rosen has something no one in his second-year quarterback class has right now: Job scrutiny. That’s in part because he’s been up and down — though increasingly up from the start of training camp. It’s also in part because every other quarterback in the class was handed the keys to their team.

Preseason is preseason. I get it. But let’s go down the list of how the others are doing in August through two games:

* Lamar Jackson: 10-16, 117 yards, TD. After their preseason game, Green Bay’s Aaron Rodgers said to Jackson, “I love watching you play, man. That was spectacular,” Rodgers said. “Have a great season.” Rodgers also had some career advice for the running style of Jackson: “Slide a little bit.”

* Josh Rosen: 23-38, 293 yards, INT. He’s gotten more work than any of the others by a good distance in preseason games. And could be behind Ryan Fitzpatrick for the starting job.

Of course, not all of these other quarterbacks will pan out as great. The report cards will come in from Week 1, when the Bills play at the Jets, meaning Allen goes against Darnold.

2. For reference, let’s remember the Dolphins didn’t want Rosen, Allen or Jackson in that draft. Arizona traded right in front of the Dolphins’ 11th pick to take Rosen at 10. Buffalo also traded in front of the Dolphins to take Allen with the seventh pick. The Dolphins could have more easily made the trades and taken them. Jackson was a different idea. Owner Steve Ross suggested trading down and taking Jackson, but the braintrust (Mike Tannenbaum, Chris Grier, Adam Gase) feared his running style was too much of an injury risk. Rodgers advice — “Slide a little bit” — is good counsel. Jackson is electric, though.

3. Think Jon Gruden wants to take back that trade for Antonio Brown? It’s not only been the classic “distraction” in August for the Raiders. It’s also shown what a sham “Hard Knocks” is with Oakland. You’d expect some inside look at what Gruden and GM Mike Mayock think about Brown. A telling inside conversation. Some behind-the-scenes emotion. There’s been nothing heading into tonight’s episode. Then again, the better organizations make the show boring. They don’t want to air their problems in the open. That’s why the two best “Hard Knocks” were the 2012 Dolphins with Joe Philbin and Jeff Ireland and last year’s Cleveland Browns. You saw the dysfunction inside each team by just watching.

4. As a former tow-truck driver — yes, in my college days — I had to pick up a few motorcycles after wrecks. I rode one occasionally. But the simple advice even before Cedric Benson dying in a motorcycle accident is the risk isn’t worth the fun anywhere except on an empty road.

5. Let’s re-visit Jay-Z signing with the NFL in a couple of years. The idea isn’t just to do halftimes shows, but promote social change. Kenny Stills has been a voice of dignity on this subject the past few years. Suddenly, Jay-Z signs a big-money deal and says it’s about change. Maybe it is. Let’s see what he does.